Winstons is a garage-soul duo out of Virginia, residing in Brooklyn. They do love songs, blue songs, and dance songs with drums, guitar, harmonies, and a harmonica.

The lead singer sounds like the lead singer from Kings Of Leon with the soulful rock melodies of The Black Keys and Alabama Shakes. Their sound has drawn comparisons to Screaming’ Jay Hawkins and The Cramps. I really like what they are bringing in “Without You” and can’t wait to hear more, one of my new favorite bands!

EQ is a rapper from Richmond, Virginia who is bringing back real hip-hop. From his facebook page:

While his flow is definitely heavily influenced by New York rappers and the modern lyrical underground, the mix of singing transitions between verses and evidence he’s provided showing he’s no novice at R&B gives EQ a unique edge that separates him from artists in the vicinity of his style.

Here’s his latest song, “Somebody Told Me”, which has a smooth R&B hook with solidly dope hip-hop flow over what sounds like an old school beat flipped into something new.

Trey Palms, from Charlottesville, VA is at Loyola University in Maryland and just begin releasing music. Check out this sick sample of Jack Johnson’s “Flake,” with solid verses. Also check out another one of his tracks, Final Countdown Remix. Trey Palms – Island FlakeTrey Palms – Final Countdown RemixFor PC: Right click & “save as”For Mac: Control, click, & and “save linked file to downloads

Chance Fischer is a rapper from Richmond, Virgina who currently attends Cornell University. Some of his songs have an old school hip-hop feel to it, which is nice to hear some classic sound to his music. Chance is still young but has the potential to be quite a talent. Check out his songs “The Overture”, “A Little Fun”, and “Keep On” (featuring JRtheThird) and let us know what you think!

http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F5311361%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-ndi6R&secret_url=false The Overture by Chance_Fischer

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BEFORE THE BIGS is about providing you with the best up-and-coming musicians while assisting their efforts to break into mainstream. We feature artists and their music from a variety of genres including hip-hop, indie/alternative, rock, pop mashups, and electronica/remixes.

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